Quotes about Fear

“Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.”

“I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.”

“Showing weakness and showing fear and letting people in was a huge part of my comeback.”

“If we approach other people understanding our own value, being confident in who we are, being centered and grounded, it's actually easier for us to connect with them because we can listen more deeply and we can express ourselves more authentically without fear of being judged or not being enough.”

“There is nothing that fear and hope does not permit men to do.”

“We really only have two choices. Play it safe, or take a chance. For me, pulling back because of fear has always made me feel worse.”

“Our society must make it right and possible for old people not to fear the young or be deserted by them, for the test of a civilization is the way that it cares for its helpless members.”

“Only he can take great resolves who has indomitable faith in God and has fear of God.”

“The anxiety of most parents in seeing their sons and daughters enlist does not lie only in the fear of the physical dangers they may encounter.”

“Repentance is not so much remorse for what we have done as the fear of the consequences.”

“If god closes one door, he opens 10 other doors. I believe Im alive today to achieve something. Set the goal and work relentlessly without fear.”

“I think a lot of self-importance is a product of fear. And fear, living in sort of an un-self-examined fear-based life, tends to lead to narcissism and self-importance.”

“Having a child, that's always been my biggest fear. I want a child and I fear a child.”

“As I get older, the more I stay focused on the acceptance of myself and others, and choose compassion over judgment and curiosity over fear.”

“I honestly think I'm the kind of person that is driven by fear of failure rather than striving for success. I tend to go to bed scared and wake up terrified.”

“Bad news sells because the amygdala is always looking for something to fear.”

“I don't operate on fear, and I don't let fear control me.”

“Hollywood movies are run on fear and they don't want to make bold choices. They, generally, speaking want to keep things status quo. That's not really interesting for me.”

“I was always afraid of dying. Always. It was my fear that made me learn everything I could about my airplane and my emergency equipment, and kept me flying respectful of my machine and always alert in the cockpit.”

“Successful people have a bigger fear of failure than people who've never done anything because if you haven't been successful, then you don't know how it feels to lose it all. You don't have that fear. So why do you think people get stuck in those boxes? It's that fear of going back down.”

“No good work is ever done while the heart is hot and anxious and fretted.”